Jacson vs Jacob

Side-by-side comparison of Jacson and Jacob - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Jacson

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Name B

Jacob

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Metric Jacson Jacob
Current Rank Unranked #40
Total Births (all years) 213 988,227
Peak Year 2009 1998
Peak Year Births 17 36,031
Peak Decade 2000s 1990s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1977 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Jacson Jacob
1880s - 3,566
1890s - 2,551
1900s - 2,191
1910s - 8,684
1920s - 9,047
1930s - 5,264
1940s - 4,853
1950s - 5,400
1960s - 5,075
1970s 14 36,351
1980s - 124,254
1990s 15 298,415
2000s 100 274,077
2010s 68 163,321
2020s 16 45,178

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Jacson Jacob
2014 7 16,923
2015 10 16,005
2016 6 14,559
2017 - 13,269
2018 - 11,897
2019 10 10,797
2020 - 9,309
2021 5 8,494
2022 11 7,667
2023 - 7,015
2024 - 6,541
2025 - 6,152

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1977–2022.

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